Legislative record

HB 1242STATE · IndianaIntroduced

Prohibition on lien for medical debt.

Provides that: (1) any amount of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer; or (2) in an action against a consumer in which a judgment has been entered, any amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer; does not constitute a lien against the consumer's principal residence. Provides that in any action filed, in a court of competent jurisdiction in Indiana, for the recovery of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer, the principal residence of the consumer is not liable to judgment or attachment or to be sold on execution against the consumer.

Voted 1/9/2025

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Docket history

Action history

  1. 1/9/2025First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions
  2. 1/9/2025Authored by Representative Summers